Blood Diamond [2006]

Blood Diamond [2006]

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Mende fisherman Solomon Vandy (Djimon Hounsou) is captured by the Revolutionary United Front (RUF) rebels during a raid and subsequent massacre of his village in Shenge. Instead of cutting off his hands, Solomon is enslaved to work as a miner in the diamond fields under the command of warlord Captain Poison (David Harewood), while his son Dia (Kagiso Kuypers) is conscripted into the rebel forces and brainwashed into becoming a hardened, cold-blooded killer. The RUF use the diamonds to fund their war effort, often trading them directly for weapons. One day, Solomon finds an enormous, pink diamond but is caught by Capt. Poison as he secretly buries it in the ground nearby. Moments later, government troops attack the mine and Capt. Poison is injured before he can get to the stone. Both he and Solomon are taken to prison in Freetown along with the rest of the rebels.

Meanwhile, Danny Archer (Leonardo DiCaprio), a white Rhodesian (from todays Zimbabwe) mercenary and gunrunner, is arrested attempting to smuggle diamonds into Liberia. Archer had been transporting the diamonds to Afrikaner mercenary, Colonel Coetzee (Arnold Vosloo), his former commander in the 32 Battalion, the most decorated unit of the South African Border War made up of Angolan and Rhodesian soldiers and white South African officers. Coetzee is in turn employed by Tiara Diamond Company executive, Rudolph Van de Kaap (Marius Weyers) and his deputy, Rupert Simmons (Michael Sheen). Upon hearing of the pink diamond, Archer arranges for Solomon's release from prison; offering to help Solomon find his family if he leads Archer to the diamond. The RUF launches a massive assault on Freetown and crushes the government forces present, forcing Archer and Solomon to steal away from the city at night.

In Forécariah, Guinea, American journalist and humanitarian, Maddy Bowen (Jennifer Connelly), allows Archer and Solomon to sneak into Kono with her press convoy, in exchange for information for her story exposing the flow of "blood diamonds" out of Africa. Archer provides proof that Van de Kaap controls the market by illegally stockpiling vast amounts of diamonds to decrease the supply and keep the selling price high. The press convoy comes under attack by the RUF and the other news team members are killed. Archer, Solomon and Maddy narrowly escape and find their way to a Sierra Leone mercenary camp where an attack force, led by Col. Coetzee, prepares to retake Sierra Leone.

Archer and Solomon leave the camp to trek through the jungle while Maddy boards a plane carrying foreigners out of the conflict zone. Eventually, they reach Capt. Poison's mining camp, but Solomon is captured while trying to rescue a brainwashed Dia, who refuses to acknowledge his father. Archer calls in the coordinates to the South African mercenary force, also after the diamond, who launch an air strike via an Mi-24 Gunship. Amidst the chaos, Solomon kills Capt. Poison with a shovel and the remaining RUF rebels are captured. Col. Coetzee makes a dubious arrangement to split the sale with Archer, and threatens Dia's life, forcing Solomon to retrieve the stone. Archer is then mortally wounded when he preemptively kills Coetzee and two other soldiers, realizing they'll kill him, Solomon, and Dia once they get the diamond. Dia holds Archer and Solomon at gunpoint, but, after an emotional talk, Solomon manages to convince his son of his own retained innocence and Dia agrees to return home with him.

The trio flee from Coetzee's men and make their way from the valley towards an airstrip atop a nearby ridge where Archer has prearranged to rendezvous with a pilot, Nabil (Jimi Mistry), in his GA8 Airvan. Before they reach the ridge, Archer collapses from his wounds and hands over the diamond to Solomon, then holds off the mercenaries as Solomon and Dia escape in the plane. Archer makes a final call to Maddy and asks her to help Solomon, before dying peacefully as he looks out upon the beautiful African landscape. In London, Solomon hands over the diamond to Simmons in exchange for £2 million and his family. Maddy secretly photographs the deal and later publishes a magazine piece exposing the trade in "conflict" or "blood" diamonds, detailing Van de Kaap's criminal actions and ruining him and his company. After admiring Archer's photograph in Maddy's article, Solomon tells of his experiences at a conference on blood diamonds in Kimberley, South Africa, his speech is met with a standing ovation as the film ends.Mende fisherman Solomon Vandy (Djimon Hounsou) is captured by the Revolutionary United Front (RUF) rebels during a raid and subsequent massacre of his village in Shenge. Instead of cutting off his hands, Solomon is enslaved to work as a miner in the diamond fields under the command of warlord Captain Poison (David Harewood), while his son Dia (Kagiso Kuypers) is conscripted into the rebel forces and brainwashed into becoming a hardened, cold-blooded killer. The RUF use the diamonds to fund their war effort, often trading them directly for weapons. One day, Solomon finds an enormous, pink diamond but is caught by Capt. Poison as he secretly buries it in the ground nearby. Moments later, government troops attack the mine and Capt. Poison is injured before he can get to the stone. Both he and Solomon are taken to prison in Freetown along with the rest of the rebels.

Meanwhile, Danny Archer (Leonardo DiCaprio), a white Rhodesian (from todays Zimbabwe) mercenary and gunrunner, is arrested attempting to smuggle diamonds into Liberia. Archer had been transporting the diamonds to Afrikaner mercenary, Colonel Coetzee (Arnold Vosloo), his former commander in the 32 Battalion, the most decorated unit of the South African Border War made up of Angolan and Rhodesian soldiers and white South African officers. Coetzee is in turn employed by Tiara Diamond Company executive, Rudolph Van de Kaap (Marius Weyers) and his deputy, Rupert Simmons (Michael Sheen). Upon hearing of the pink diamond, Archer arranges for Solomon's release from prison; offering to help Solomon find his family if he leads Archer to the diamond. The RUF launches a massive assault on Freetown and crushes the government forces present, forcing Archer and Solomon to steal away from the city at night.

In Forécariah, Guinea, American journalist and humanitarian, Maddy Bowen (Jennifer Connelly), allows Archer and Solomon to sneak into Kono with her press convoy, in exchange for information for her story exposing the flow of "blood diamonds" out of Africa. Archer provides proof that Van de Kaap controls the market by illegally stockpiling vast amounts of diamonds to decrease the supply and keep the selling price high. The press convoy comes under attack by the RUF and the other news team members are killed. Archer, Solomon and Maddy narrowly escape and find their way to a Sierra Leone mercenary camp where an attack force, led by Col. Coetzee, prepares to retake Sierra Leone.

Archer and Solomon leave the camp to trek through the jungle while Maddy boards a plane carrying foreigners out of the conflict zone. Eventually, they reach Capt. Poison's mining camp, but Solomon is captured while trying to rescue a brainwashed Dia, who refuses to acknowledge his father. Archer calls in the coordinates to the South African mercenary force, also after the diamond, who launch an air strike via an Mi-24 Gunship. Amidst the chaos, Solomon kills Capt. Poison with a shovel and the remaining RUF rebels are captured. Col. Coetzee makes a dubious arrangement to split the sale with Archer, and threatens Dia's life, forcing Solomon to retrieve the stone. Archer is then mortally wounded when he preemptively kills Coetzee and two other soldiers, realizing they'll kill him, Solomon, and Dia once they get the diamond. Dia holds Archer and Solomon at gunpoint, but, after an emotional talk, Solomon manages to convince his son of his own retained innocence and Dia agrees to return home with him.

The trio flee from Coetzee's men and make their way from the valley towards an airstrip atop a nearby ridge where Archer has prearranged to rendezvous with a pilot, Nabil (Jimi Mistry), in his GA8 Airvan. Before they reach the ridge, Archer collapses from his wounds and hands over the diamond to Solomon, then holds off the mercenaries as Solomon and Dia escape in the plane. Archer makes a final call to Maddy and asks her to help Solomon, before dying peacefully as he looks out upon the beautiful African landscape. In London, Solomon hands over the diamond to Simmons in exchange for £2 million and his family. Maddy secretly photographs the deal and later publishes a magazine piece exposing the trade in "conflict" or "blood" diamonds, detailing Van de Kaap's criminal actions and ruining him and his company. After admiring Archer's photograph in Maddy's article, Solomon tells of his experiences at a conference on blood diamonds in Kimberley, South Africa, his speech is met with a standing ovation as the film ends.